Sharks, Robots, Lasers, Locomotion
in the Ocean!
MONDAY, August 14, 8PM @ the Bell House, FREE!
How do fish sense the fluid dynamics of the ocean around them? Why
do fish have different shapes? Explore mysteries of walking cave fish, propulsive
shark tails, and why the hitchhiking remora fish sucks (or doesn’t).
Before & After
--Try
our cocktail of the night, the Fin & Tonic
--C’mon and swim to undersea grooves
--Stick
around for the salty Q&A!
Brooke Flammang is a professor of
biological sciences and director of the Fluid Locomotion Lab at the New Jersey
Institute of Technology. She researches functional morphology, comparative
biomechanics, fluid dynamics, bioinspired robots, and cool fish stuff. She has
been a featured scientist on the BBC and Discovery Channel and in Wired, Scientific American, Gizmodo and
the New York Times.
This
fin-tastic edition of the Secret
Science Club meets Monday, August 14, 8PM @ the Bell House, 149
7th St. (between 2nd and 3rd avenues) in Gowanus, Brooklyn.
Subway: F or G to 4th Ave,
R to 9th St.
Doors
open at 7:30PM. Please bring ID: 21+. No cover. Just bring your smart
self.
